| Alaska Regional Office | U.S. Department of the Interior | |
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| Cultural Resources Team | National Park Service |
| National
Historic Landmarks in Alaska |
Dry
Creek Site, Lignite (north of Cantwell) |
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Lignite, Alaska |
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| National
Register Number: 74000442 Resource Type: Site Property Type: Domestic - Village site Designated: Domestic - village site |
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| At the time Dry Creek was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1978, it was the oldest radiocarbon-dated site in Alaska. The bones of large Pleistocene mammals, such as elk and bison, were found at Dry Creek, proving beyond a doubt that ancient hunters killed species of animals now extinct in Alaska. The oldest cultural level at Dry Creek was dated to 11,200 years before present on the basis of charcoal within an ancient soil layer or paleosol at the site. | |||||||||
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